MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP -- A St. Thomas woman twice in one week was accused of attacking people at a home on Two Top Road, Mercersburg.

Tiffany Ann Berkey, 28, was unable to post $25,000 bail and is in Franklin County Jail.

Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, charged Berkey with strangulation, simple assault, resisting arrest and four counts of summary harassment for an incident at the home on June 16.

Berkey previously was charged with harassment for an incident at the address on June 13. She grabbed a woman by the hair and punched her several times, according to police.

On June 16, she was trying to get her son when she went after several people, according to court documents. She hit someone with a hair brush, shoved another person to the floor, threw a pepper shaker and hit someone in the face and hit someone several times in the face. A female trying to help restrain Berkey was struck in the face and strangled to the point of unconsciousness.

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Berkey tried to pull away from two troopers who were taking her into custody, according to court documents. They had to take her to the ground.

Police went to the home twice on June 16 – around 4:30 p.m. to check on the welfare of her son and again around 6:30 p.m. after a major scuffle, according to court documents. At the first visit police found Berkey passed out in the front see of her vehicle. She told them she had taken two Xanax.

Her preliminary hearing in Franklin County Central Court is set for 1 p.m. Tuesday.